KASHF-UL-ASRAR (English Translation with Persian Text)

KASHF-UL-ASRAR

(English Translation with Persian Text)

The Book of

Sultan-ul-Arifeen

Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo

Translated

Mrs. Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri M.A. Mass Communication

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CONTENTS

Page

Preface 6

Short Biography of Sultan-ul-Arifeen Hazrat Sakhi

Sultan Bahoo 9

Translation 15

Glossary 44

Original Persian Text

PREFACE

Kashf-ul-Asrar, literally means “Revelation of The Divine

Secrets”. As the title implies, this subtle treatise is a collection of

revealed Divine Secrets, described in a very precise and compact

manner. This small but great book by the most eminent Saint of

Punjab, Pakistan, Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo is a proof of his

literary faculty and command over words in addition to his

expertise as a Divine Scholar.

The writing style of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo in this book is

entirely different from all his other writings. He describes a

whole essay in one or two words. This book precisely contains

the entire Divine Knowledge specially the knowledge of the

access to The Divine World, keeping oneself away from the

fraud guides and their deceitful ways.

Translating Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo’s book is an honour

granted to me by my Murshid Khadim Sultan-ul-Faqr Hazrat

Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman Madzillah-ul-Aqdus

who is the spiritual descendant of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo

and the 31st Shaikh of his Sarwari Qadri Order. For this

translation he provided me the original Persian text of Kashf-ul-

Asrar which is a manuscript written by Mohammad Shahbaz in

1341 H (1923 A.D). There is another manuscript available

written by Gul Mohammad Sindhi in 1323 H (1905 A.D).

The printed scripts of Kashf-ul-Asrar with Urdu translation are

by:

1. K. B. Naseem, first edition published in 1995

2. Faqeer Altaf Hussain of Shahdra, published in 1980

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The only English translation of Kashf-ul-Asrar till date is done

by Zaheer which he did not do directly from the Persian text but

from the Urdu translation of Kashf-ul-Asrar done by K.B

Naseem. This English translation is also available on internet but

without the original Persian text of Kashf-ul-Asrar.

I am truly thankful to my husband Mohammad Moghees Afzal

Sarwari Qadri who cooperated with me a lot while doing this

translation and gave me very good suggestions. I also thank Mrs.

Yasmeen Khurshid Malik Sarwari Qadri who reviewed this book

and gave suggestions to improve it. I must also thank Ahsan Ali

Sarwari Qadri who put a lot of hard work to compose this book.

May Allah grant perseverance to them on the path of Faqr and

bless them with His Closeness (Amin).

All the books of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo contain Divine

Message for the whole Ummah of Prophet Mohammad. So it

must be transmitted to the Muslim Nation in a language which is

commonly understood in the whole world i.e. English. Muslims

are facing decline in all the fields of life which is certainly the

result of their religious and spiritual downfall. It is need of the

time to call them towards the true spirit of Islam, for which

Khadim Sultan-ul-Faqr Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Najib-

ur-Rehman Madzillah-ul-Aqdus has taken many vital steps. Many

websites in Urdu and English have been launched under the flag

of his Tehreek Dawat-e-Faqr to convey the teachings of our Sufi

ancestors. These teachings contain the essence of real Islam and

elevate the spiritual level of their readers and followers.

Translating Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo’s books is also a link of

this chain.

May Allah grant awareness of The Right Path to the readers of this

book and create in them The Divine Love and the passion to

have The Vision and Closeness of Allah. May this book also

become a source for the Seekers of Allah to have Divine

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Presence and the spiritual presence in The Holy Assembly of

Prophet Mohammad (Amin).

Mrs. Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri

Lahore, Pakistan M.A Mass Communication

August-2015 University of The Punjab

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF

SULTAN-UL-ARIFEEN HAZRAT SAKHI

SULTAN BAHOO

Sultan-ul-Arifeen Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo was born on

Thursday, the 1st of Jamadi-us-Sani in 1039 H (17 January,

1630 A.D) at dawn, in the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan

in Shorkot, District Jhang, Pakistan (then India). He belonged to

“Awan” tribe of the progeny of Hazrat Ali Bin Abu Talib.

Awans are Hazrat Ali’s children from wives other than Hazrat

Fatima Razi Allah Anha. Sultan Bahoo’s father Bazyed

Mohammad was a soldier by profession and a titleholder in Shah

Jahan’s army. His mother, Bibi Rasti was a Saintly woman. She

was spiritually informed of Sultan Bahoo's grandeur and spiritual

status before his birth and according to his status of Fana-Fi-Hoo

(annihilation in Allah) his name Bahoo (One with Hoo ) was

revealed to her.

Sultan Bahoo says:

Meaning: Bahoo's mother named him Bahoo because Bahoo has

always remained with Hoo .

Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo was a Wali (Friend of Allah) by

birth. He remained engrossed in heavenly experiences and

triumphs from his early age. Sultan Bahoo gained his early

mystic and spiritual education from his mother. A non Muslim

would immediately recite Kalma and accept Islam if his eyes fell

upon The Divine face of Sultan Bahoo, such was the intensity of

The Divine Theophanies upon him.

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He states in his books “I searched for a Murshid1 for thirty years

but in vain”. It was because he already held such elevated levels

of Faqr where access of anyone is extremely arduous. Sultan

Bahoo relates one of his revelations in his books that one day,

engrossed in Allah’s Vision, he was wandering in the suburbs of

Shorkot when Hazrat Ali Bin Abu Talib came and took him to

The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad where the four Pious

Caliphs, Sacred Family (Ahl-e-Bait) of Prophet Mohammad and

Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani were also present. There,

Sultan Bahoo took Bayat2 at the sacred hand of Prophet

Mohammad who entrusted him to Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir

Jilani for further spiritual guidance. That is why Hazrat Sakhi

Sultan Bahoo always refers Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani as his

Murshid in his books. He says, “When Ghaus-ul-Azam Shaikh

Abdul Qadir Jilani blessed me spiritually, I surpassed all the

spiritual levels from eternal beginning till eternal end.”

Afterwards, following the orders of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani,

he took Bayat at the hand of Shaikh Pir Abdul Rehman Jilani

Dehlvi who entrusted the Treasure of Faqr to Hazrat Sakhi

Sultan Bahoo in just a single meeting.

The splendour of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo is beyond

anyone's speculation. He is blessed with the extremities of Faqr

and stationed at the status of Sultan-ul-Faqr V. He says, “The

Holy Prophet has ordered me to guide everyone, Muslim or Non

Muslim, fortunate or unfortunate, alive or dead and he has

entitled me as Mustafa Sani (Mustafa the second) and Mujtaba

Akhir Zamani (Mujtaba of the last era) with his pearl divulging

tongue.” (Risala Roohi Sharif)

The spiritual order of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo is The Sarwari

Qadri Order. The Qadri Order reaches Prophet Mohammad

through Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. There are two offshoots of

1 The Divine Spiritual Guide 2 Oath of Allegiance

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Qadri Order, Zahidi Qadri and Sarwari Qadri. Hazrat Sakhi

Sultan Bahoo considers only The Sarwari Qadri Order the proper

and real Qadri Order. He says:

Qadri Order has two off shoots, Zahidi and Sarwari Qadri.

Sarwari Qadri Murshid has perfect command over Ism-e-

Allah Zaat (The Personal Name of Allah which represents

The Divine Essence) that is why when he blesses a Seeker

with The Divinity of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, he grants him an

equal status of his own, thus the Seeker becomes so

indifferent to all needs and completely resigned to Allah’s

Will that gold and soil become equal for him. On the

contrary the follower of Zahidi Qadri Order has to devote at

least twelve years to very hard mystic struggles, then Shaikh

Abdul Qadir Jilani helps him and elevates him to the status

of majzoob (frenzied) devotee, while the status of a Sarwari

Qadri devotee is that of belovedness. (Kaleed-ul-Tauheed Kalan)

He describes the status of Sarwari Qadri Murshid and devotees

in these words:

What is the initial status of an accomplished Sarwari Qadri?

It is that he elevates the Seeker spiritually on the very first

day, with his one glance and Zikr (invocation) of Ism-e-

Allah Zaat, to such heights that the Seeker is completely

drowned in The Divine Union and finds presence in The

Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad. The Murshid who

cannot do this is not a proper Sarwari Qadri Murshid.” (Kaleed-ul-Tauheed)

Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo himself holds this status. He says:

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Meaning: For every true Seeker of Allah I render my guidance. I

can take him from the initial stage of the spiritual journey to the

final and supreme level in just a moment. Come to me! Come to

me! Come to me O’ Seeker of Allah! I can take you to Allah on

the very first day.

Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo could not get the opportunity to

receive worldly education because he was ever absorbed in the

deep Ocean of Divine Unity. Still he has written 140 books.

All of his books are in Persian except the collection of his

poetry which is in the form of Punjabi quatrains.

Sultan Bahoo’s books are masterpieces of The Divine

Knowledge. He proclaims that if anyone could not find a

Murshid, his books will prove to be a medium for him to reach

the Perfect Sarwari Qadri Murshid who will guide him to Allah.

Sultan Bahoo’s writing style is very simple and easy to

understand even for a less educated person. His writings are so

influential that they envelop the reader completely. If these

books are read respectfully after ablution, an ocean of Spiritual

Beneficence pours upon the reader. If a reader continues reading

them with complete faith and true heart, he will be guided

towards the Perfect Sarwari Qadri Murshid who is the real

spiritual successor of Sultan Bahoo in the present age.

Translations of Sultan Bahoo’s following books are available

in the market:

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(1) Abyat-e-Bahoo (Punjabi) (2) Deewan-e-Bahoo (Persian) (3)

Ain-ul-Faqr (4) Majalisa-tul-Nabi (5) Kaleed-ul-Tauheed (Kalan)

(6) Kaleed-ul-Tauheed (Khurd) (7) Shams-ul-Arifeen (8) Ameer-

ul-Kaunain (9)Taigh-e-Barhana (10) Risala Roohi Sharif (11)

Gunj-ul-Asrar (12) Mehek-ul-Faqr (Khurd) (13) Mehek-ul-Faqr

(Kalan) (14) Asrar-e-Qadri (15) Aurang Shahi (16) Jamay-ul-

Asrar (17) Aqal-e-Beydar (18) Fazal-ul-Laqa (Khurd) (19) Fazal-

ul-Laqa (Kalan) (20) Miftah-ul-Arifeen (21) Noor-ul-Huda

(Khurd) (22) Noor-ul-Huda (Kalan) (23) Taufeeq-ul-Hidayat

(24) Qurb-e-Deedar (25) Ain-ul-Arifeen (26) Kaleed-e-Jannat

(27) Muhkam-ul-Fuqara (28) Sultan-ul-Waham (29) Deedar

Bakhsh (30) Kashf-ul-Asrar (31) Mohabbat-ul-Asrar (32) Tarfa-

tul-Ain (this book is also known as Hujja-tul-Asrar).

Sultan Bahoo titles his teachings neither as Sufism nor

Mysticism rather he calls them ‘Faqr’. Faqr is the spiritual way

which leads to The Divine Knowledge and Vision of Allah. In all

his books he lays emphasis on acquiring the way of Faqr under

the spiritual guidance of a Sarwari Qadri Murshid. He declares

the Zikr3 and Tasawur

4 of Ism-e-Allah Zaat

5 the key to the

ultimate sanctity and purgation of soul after which the soul is

blessed with The Divine Vision and presence in The Holy

Assembly of Prophet Mohammad, which are the most elevated

spiritual stations.

Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo says in his books that despite of all

his efforts he could not find a truly capable Seeker of Allah to

whom he could entrust the Treasure of Faqr for the future

guidance of devotees, so on the 1st of Jamadi-us-Sani in 1102 H

(1st March 1691 A.D) he passed away without transferring this

Treasure to anyone. Afterwards, Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo

entrusted this Treasure spiritually to Syed Mohammad Abdullah

3 Invocation 4 Contemplation 5 Personal Name of Allah which represents The Divine Essence

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Shah Madni Jilani. The Shrine of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo is

in Jhang, Pakistan. His urs is held on the first Thursday of

Jamadi-us-Sani.6

6 To read the complete biography and teachings of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo please read

the books “Shams-ul-Fuqara” and “Mujtaba Akhir Zamani” written by Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman or their English versions titled as “Sultan Bahoo-

The Life and Teachings” and “The Spiritual Guides of Sarwari Qadri Order”

respectively.

KASHF-UL-ASRAR

TRANSLATION

Meaning: Allah, The All Praised, is The Sustainer of the worlds,

best hereafter is for the pious ones. Blessings and salutations

upon Prophet Mohammad, his Sacred Progeny, Companions and

the Venerable Family.

Meaning: Allah (Himself) chooses whom He pleases (for

exclusive nearness) in His Presence, and shows the path (to

come) towards Him to everyone who turns (towards Allah)

cordially. (Ash-Shura-13)

Infinite blessings upon the Seal of Prophets, the Messenger of

Allah, Mohammad Sall’Allahu Alayhi Wa’alihi Wasallam who

is the source of enlightening the insight by The Divine

Disclosure of Closeness to Allah, and also upon his Sacred

Progeny, Companions and Family.

Meaning: O’ Allah! You alone do we worship and from You

alone we seek help.

Allah says:

Meaning: My capability comes only from Allah’s Favour. (Hud-

88)

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So, the writer of this book says by The Favour of Allah that; Arif

Billah (The Knower of Allah who has become One with Him) is

stationed at the level of perfect verification of the following

verses of Allah:

Meaning: (Allah) Taught man (all that) which he did not know. (Al-Alaq-5)

Meaning: Eat from lawful earnings and speak the truth.

Meaning: Get rid of your Nafs (the baser self) and reach Allah.

He (Arif Billah) grants Jamiat7 and shows the (way to) The Holy

Assembly of Prophet Mohammad by blessing with the Marifat8

of The Oneness of Allah which he reveals through the greatest

knowledge of the letter Alif 9. As, the entire knowledge of

every part and whole (of the universe) is gained by reading

‘Alif’. By this one word only, the observation of Divine Presence

is gained. The sacred way to have Union with Allah is that of

Sunnis who are the Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamat10

. To cover both the

worlds in just one moment is possible only in the mystic way of

Sarwari Qadri. A Qadri (Faqeer-e-Kamil)11

has got all the

powers by the Command of The Qadeer (The All Powerful).

Fana Fi Hoo12

Faqeer Bahoo son of Bazayed, belongs to the

Awan Tribe and resides in the subdivision Shorkot, situated in

the suburbs of Lahore, the capital of Province Punjab. He has

7 Accumulation of all the spiritual levels in the inward of a person through which he has

passed during his spiritual journey, then he gets ultimate contentment of heart. 8 The Divine Knowledge 9 First letter of Arabic alphabets which refers to Ism-e-Allah 10 Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamat refers to the section of the Muslims who follow entire Sunnahs of The Holy Prophet. This section includes followers of all the four schools of thought

i.e. Hanafi, Maliki, Hanbali, Shafii. 11 The accomplished Saint who has become One with Allah 12 Annihilated in Hoo (Allah)

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written this book by the Command of Allah and permission of

Prophet Mohammad according to his inward teachings. Due to

the spiritual persuasion (of the Prophet) he has got command

over his Nafs (the baser self). So, he is the Mohiyyuddin (Life

Giver to the religion) and the guardian (of The Divine Trust of

Faqr). He is the just ruler of every spiritual way because he is

aware of all the esoteric as well as exoteric ways of every mystic

Order. The spiritual sight of Arif, who has got power of The All

Seeing, is a touch stone in the way of Marifat of The Divine

Oneness, which makes a Seeker capable of The Divine Presence.

The knowledge of Divine Presence gained from the observation

of Presence of The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad is a

witness to the fact that anyone who guides the Seekers and

disciples without having The Divine Presence himself, commits

a great sin. His disciples will get depraved at last.

This booklet is titled Kashf-ul-Asrar. (Revelation of The

Divine Secrets).

It is obligatory and necessary for the Murshid13

to first of all

bestow the Ilm-e-Dawat14

upon (the truly deserving) Seekers

because this knowledge grants eternal Jamiat. Ilm-e-Dawat is

perfectly in accordance with the Quran and against the Nafs and

Satan. It is like a naked sword which kills the obnoxious and

tormented infidels15

in just one moment. Reciting Dawat with the

Zikr (invocation) of Ism-e-Azam16

alongwith the Tasawur

13 The Divine Spiritual Guide 14 Knowledge of communicating with the sacred souls of Prophets and Saints granted to a

Seeker by his Murshid when he reaches a specific spiritual level. 15 Here “killing the infidels” does not mean physical killing of the infidels. Rather it

means that by reciting the Ilm-e-Dawat, the inward enemies of the recitor i.e. his Nafs

and Satan who command him to commit evil and take him away from Allah making him infidel, are killed. 16 The Greatest Divine Word which contains solution of all the problems. Mystics say

that it is Ism-e-Allah Zaat because no word is greater or more powerful than . It

shows its powers and fulfills all the wishes of the recitor if said with pure and perfect heart.

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(contemplation) of Ism-e-Zaat17

grants such Divine Beneficence

and Favour that removes all the grieves and fulfills all the

desires. Such possessors and practitioners of Ilm-e-Dawat are a

few in the world because Ilm-e-Dawat of Surah Muzammil18

is

very difficult. If this Dawat is recited only once in proper order

to overcome obstacles of ventures of all the world, its

effectiveness will not end till the Doomsday. But its condition is

that the recitor has outwardly (as well as inwardly) made himself

desirable in The Court of Allah by acquiring the knowledge of

Divine Vision. He should also have gained the Presence before

Allah through the knowledge of Divine Presence. Then, he

should also repeatedly recite Quran in the Company of Allah19

after learning it by heart20

. This method of reciting the Quran is

learned outwardly by The Divine Favour and inwardly by the

verification of heart, and is perfectly true. Such recitor accepts

the truth, leaves falsehood and wrong innovations in the religion

and remains cautious in Shariah21

. To initiate (Dawat, the Seeker

should) recite Surah Muzammil and spiritually take himself in

The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad by the Tasawur of

Ism-e-Zaat at (the level of) Divine Oneness where he should

have repeated sessions of learning Quran in the Company of The

Holy Prophet. He should acquire the benedictions of Kalma

Tayyab through the knowledge of spiritual

authority alongwith the contemplation of The Divine Favour and

the command of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, and should reach the level of

its verification.

17 Personal Name of The Divine Essence 18 The 73rd Surah of The Holy Quran 19 Company of Allah is gained when a Seeker spiritually reaches LaHoot-The Divine

World where he sees Allah and actually feels His Omnipresence everywhere and every

moment. 20 In the way of Faqr “learning Quran by heart” does not mean to learn its apparent

words, it is to have knowledge of their true and inner meanings and then apply them

perfectly on the outward and inward deeds. 21 Islamic Law

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The proper order of reciting Ilm-e-Dawat with Surah Muzammil

is:

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Whosoever recites Surah Muzammil in this way and makes it his

intercessor, his Dawat initiates at once. Certainly! The sacred

soul of Prophet Mohammad comes to him at once and for

Allah’s sake promises him that he will not separate him from his

Sacred Company till the Doomsday. Whosoever recites Surah

Muzammil in this manner with the knowledge of The Divine

Presence, gets command over both the worlds. But its condition

is that the Noor (Light of Allah) accumulates in every breath of

the recitor of Surah Muzammil, in heart of his heart, nafs of his

nafs, inward of his inward, soul of his soul by The Divine

Command and envelops him completely. Then, he perfectly

adopts the sacred Shariah and thousands of subtle secrets start

spurting inside his heart by the Closeness of Allah. He

(spiritually) reaches the station of pre-existence where he sees

that all the souls of Auliya Allah (Perfect Friends of Allah),

Momins (True Believers) and Muslims are lined up in groups

(before Allah and Allah asked them) (Am I not your

God). On hearing their voice of (They all said, “Yes!

You are”) he also accepts Allah as his God. All the souls come

under the protection and command of such recitor23

of Quran

who does repeated sessions of the Quran (in the above mentioned

way).

The outward effect of reciting Ilm-e-Dawat of Quran is to gain

The Divine Favour while the inward effect is to be blessed with

22 The word should be repeated thrice 23 Such authority is gained only by the Arif-e-Kamil who has reached the level of Baqa

Billah (Immortal with Allah) after covering the spiritual stations of Fana-Fi-Shaikh

(annihilation in the Murshid), Fana-Fi-Rasool (annihilation in the Prophet) and Fana-Fillah (annihilation in Allah).

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The Divine Presence. You can verify it (by reaching this level).

Opening the way to reach this level in just one moment and

taking (the Seekers) to such levels in just one step is very easy

task for Arif Billah but very difficult for the imperfect guides.

Only the Auliya Allah who know the solution of all the spiritual

mazes have solved this maze and the Arifeen (Knowers of Allah)

have proved it that the true source of acquiring every inward and

outward knowledge is the institution of heart. There remains no

malice or hypocrisy in the heart which gains The Divine

Knowledge.

Meaning: People spend all their life in reading and writing but

alas (all their efforts go in vain as) they could not gain Union

with Allah which was the actual objective of their life.

Real knowledge is that which prevents from self conceit and

lust and takes to Allah. Such knowledge can be acquired only

from The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad by having

Presence in it. Whosoever has not got the witness of this

knowledge as his companion and medium, he is surely a seeker

of the world and is a great sinner. To gain this knowledge first of

all slaughter the four birds in accordance to four levels of Nafs24

i.e. cock of lust, crow of greed, peacock of fake beauty and

pigeon of the desires of Nafs.

24 Lowest level of Nafs is Nafs-e-Ammara i.e. the ill commanding Nafs, second level is

Nafs-e-Lawama i.e. the Nafs which repents after committing sin, better level is Nafs-e-

Mulhima which prevents from sin by inspiration and the best level is Nafs-e-Mutmaina i.e. the satisfied self which is never inclined towards sins.

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Meaning: Firstly I was four, then remained three and then two.

When I surpassed duality I found Oneness.

By the Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah Zaat such sanctification and

Oneness are gained that all the inward senses become alive leaving

no need of using the outward senses, all the evil behaviours are

removed from the being (of the Seeker) and the Noor of Allah

radiates from every part of body.

The scholar of every knowledge dominates that knowledge. By

gaining (The Divine) knowledge all the hidden meanings are

revealed at once and the heart transforms into Noor. By the order

of The Lord of Universe, a Faqeer is The Master of all the

worlds. Through the knowledge of Divine Presence, the Perfect

Possessor of Divine Presence (i.e. Faqeer-e-Kamil, Murshid

Kamil) gains such status that he is granted complete command

over every part and whole of the world. Though there are infinite

creatures but he has information about all of them. All the

branches of knowledge, names of all the angels, number of drops

of rains, Divine Knowledge of Oneness, all its waystations and

destinations, all inspirations, Theophanies of The Divine Essence,

all Divine Attributes and Names are countless though, but are in

his knowledge. Everything on the surface of earth like the plants,

knowledge of panacea alchemy, Paras stones in the mountains,

hidden treasures of Allah, treasures of The Divine Authority,

triumphs gained by the devotional knowledge of the doubtless

sacred books are boundless though, but he has command over all

of them. Though, there are infinite number of leaves of trees and

other plants but he knows their count. He also has the complete

knowledge of The Ism-e-Azam and is acquainted with all the

Saints of Allah who are countless too.

True Man (Murshid Kamil) is the one who can open the lock

of The Divine Vision by the key of The Divine Presence gained

through the verses of The Holy Quran, Kalma Tayyab,

benedictions of ninety nine Beautiful Names of Allah and through

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Ism-e-Allah Zaat and Ism-e-Mohammad in just one moment. He

can reveal the observations of treasures of spiritual authority,

treasures of this mortal world, (treasures of) immortal life and

The Divine Knowledge of Oneness of Allah in just one step. If

the travelers of The Divine Path do not gain these treasures from

the Murshid Kamil on the very first day25

in addition to the

felicities of having the knowledge of exegesis of Quran,

Knowledge of Closeness of Allah which is very effective,

knowledge of satiation of (outward) riches which is an alchemy

of panacea, knowledge of righteousness which gives enlightened

insight, knowledge of satiation of (inward) riches which

annihilates a Faqeer in Allah and the infinite Divine Knowledge

which makes master of both the worlds, and if they do not get

the Union of Allah, then their hearts will be distracted and all of

them will deviate from the Path of Allah.

Whosoever reads this booklet with true heart, nothing will

remain hidden from him. The Seeker who comes to know the secret

of The Knowledge of Divine Presence, gets eternal command

over the whole Solomon Empire.

Know O’ dear! By The Divine Presence gained through the

contemplation of The Essence of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, four (spiritual)

levels manifest and each of them comes under knowledge,

practice and command. First is the level of the king who is Zil-e-

Elahi26

. Second is the level of spiritual flight over each and

everything of the seven layers of earth and the nine skies. Third

25 The Murshid Kamil blesses the true and perfect Seekers of Allah with The Divine

Treasures of the Closeness to Allah on the very first day of bayat by taking their souls to

The Divine World. Thus they are blessed with all these treasures too because they have got the ultimate Treasure of Closeness to Allah but the Seekers are not aware of their

spiritual status. If they stay humbly in the court of Murshid and pass all the trials with

perseverance, then ultimately their status is revealed to them. They leave all the outward and mortal treasures and stick to the inward treasures of Closeness, Union and Vision of

Allah only. 26 Zil-e-Elahi means The Reflection of Allah-Refers to Arif Billah Murshid Kamil who is the Perfect mirror of Allah.

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is the level of Fana Fillah27

Baqa Billah28

Arif Billah29

which is

the level of Beloved Saints of Allah. Fourth is the level of The

Divine Scholar who is aware of the knowledge of Closeness to

The Glorious with ultimate proof. All these levels are also

gained through the benediction of Knowledge of The Divine

Presence which encompasses the knowledge of every part and

whole and is the concluding knowledge of the origin as well as

the end. The Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah Zaat takes to the extremity

of these levels. Whosoever does not have the knowledge of The

Qadeer (The All Powerful) according to these (above mentioned)

rules of The Divine Nature and has not received all the

Knowledge of The Divine Presence, he is foolish if he lets

himself be called by the name of Practitioner Faqeer30

or the

Perfect Friend of Allah. This is the mystic way of Divine Favour

not of rituals, this is the way of verification not of dissension.

This is the way of Oneness with Allah which is not gained by

(blind) conformation, neither this is the way of getting treasures

by facing hardships. This is the way of Belovedness, not of

depravity. This is the way of observation of The Divine

Knowledge, not of hard work and struggle. This way is so quick

that it lets the Seeker read the knowledge written on the Guarded

Tablet in just one glance by the blessings of The Knowledge of

Divine Presence. It keeps him away from the curse of wrong

innovations and the desires of Nafs. This way is of needlessness,

not of indigence. This is the way of fasts and the Salat31

in which

continuous conversation with Allah-The Immortal goes on

through inspiration during bowing and prostration. In this way

the wind of Divine Union blows, not of decline. In this way the

27 Annihilated in Allah 28 Immortal with Allah 29 Knower of Allah who has become One with Him. 30 One who walks the path of Faqr and reaches closest to Allah by renouncing everything

other than Allah. 31 Prayer which is obligatory upon Muslims to be performed in a particular manner five times a day

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voiceless call of 32

(Saufa-Tar’ani) comes from The

Divinity. The Holy Prophet said:

Meaning: Salat is Meraj33

for Momin.

I am surprised that some people fondly call 34

(Rab-e-

Araini) many times but recite Dawat to conquer over the kings.

Their Dawat never starts even if they read the Knowledge of

Divine Names whole of their life or get exhausted while doing

hard mystic exercises or become favourite of the king. The

Divine Scholar Faqeer who recites Dawat only for Allah is

heedless to everything. Neither he needs people nor the king.

Meaning: Whosoever is in the good books of The Creator, he

does not care if the creature dislikes him.

The recitor of Ilm-e-Dawat with Quran (is so powerful that he)

can cease the Dawat of all the practitioners of Ilm-e-Dawat on

earth, and if he lets it start, no one has the authority to cease it.

Whosoever once enters the enclosure (of Ilm-e-Dawat) by

reciting it according to the order, he never comes out of it. When

a Murshid Kamil blesses the Seeker with his spiritual attention,

that attention takes the face of the Murshid and never separates

from the Seeker till the Doomsday and saves him from every

calamity and danger. This is the level about which it is said

32 Meaning: “You will soon see Me” (Al-Airaf-143). Prophet Moses requested Allah to

bless him with The Divine Vision but Allah said to him (Lan-Tarani) meaning:

“You cannot see Me”. (Al-Airaf-143) However, in this mystic way the Seeker is replied

to as 33 Ascension to Allah 34 Meaning: “O’ Holy Lord! Show me Yourself” (Al-Airaf-143). Request of Prophet Moses to have The Divine Vision.

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(meaning: Perseverance is better than miracles).

It is the station of laudables which grants the desirable end to the

possessor of Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. While, the possessors

of wrong innovations are themselves reprobates and take their

disciples as well to the level of cursed ones.

Meaning: The final level is to return to the beginning.

Meaning: Meditation of a moment is better than the prayers of

both the worlds.

In the Ilm-e-Dawat of heart, Quran is recited by heart. To

recite Ilm-e-Dawat by tongue, first the word of Ism-e-Azam is

written on the tongue with the ink of (Kun FaYakun35

)

which makes it Meaning: “The tongue

of Fuqara36

is the sword of Rehman37

.” Such Dawat is the

terminator of all the Dawats. In it, when the Quran is recited by

heart, it takes the recitor to The Absolute Closeness of Allah. In

the Ilm-e-Dawat recited by tongue, when Quran is read by the

soul with The Divine Command, it takes the recitor to the

Assembly of Prophets and Saints.

In the Ilm-e-Dawat recited by tongue, when Quran is read with

breath, it takes to the level where answer to every question is

received from The Divinity. When, in the Ilm-e-Dawat recited

by tongue, Quran is read by the Noor of Divine Favour, the

35 Allah gives the order of Kun (Be) and it is FaYakun (done). That is, the recitor should

reach such Divine heights where he gains the authority that whatever he says is done

immediately. 36 Plural of Faqeer, the Saints who walk the path of Faqr and reach the level of Oneness

with Allah. 37 The Most Compassionate, i.e. the Fuqara are so compassionate that they recite Dawat and use the authority of Kun FaYakun just to benefit people.

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whole being of the recitor is transformed into Noor from head to

toe. Every word of such possessor of Noor comes from The

Divine Closeness. Quran can be recited by Nafs38

in Ilm-e-

Dawat only if there has remained no voluptuousness of the ill

commanding Nafs in the recitor.

The Seeker of Allah who recites Quran by reaching The

Divine Closeness during the Ilm-e-Dawat of one day and night

or a week, a month, a year or Ilm-e-Dawat of any duration, he

ever resides in the world of Divinity which is beyond time and

space. Ilm-e-Dawat cannot be called the knowledge of hidden

things, because seeing the invisible things with open eyes is an

evil, lunatic and ghostly act. Moreover, this way is neither

related to unveiling nor to miracles, it is the true way of

becoming the Faqeer who is beloved of The True Divine Essence

and is the accomplished and perfect Scholar of Allah, annihilated

in The Essence of Allah.

The Possessor of Dawat who recites Ilm-e-Dawat of Surah

Muzammil and Dua-e-Saifi39

in order, shakes The Divine

Empyrean, Divine Throne, Divine Tablet and Pen, nine skies and

seven layers of earth in such a way that the spirits of the

Prophets and Saints are amazed and the angels are astonished.

The Faqeer Scholar of Allah recites Dawat with the verses of

Quran in such a way that both the worlds come under his

command. Ilm-e-Dawat is the knowledge which grants the

sovereign rule over the whole inhabited world and ascends to the

throne that is like the throne of Solomon. These ranks are

granted to the Faqeer at initial stage. The Faqeer who is ruler

over both the worlds, his days and nights are hard. He is like a

Paras stone. Every being which is like impure iron or copper,

38 The attribute of Nafs is to arouse desires. Reciting Ilm-e-Dawat by nafs means to recite it in order to fulfill any personal desire. Such recitor is at the lowest spiritual level,

though his nafs has got rid of evil because unless the evil is completely removed from the

innerself of a disciple, the Murshid does not grant him the Ilm-e-Dawat. 39 An Arabic prayer for spiritual assistance

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when comes in his company, turns into gold. He takes the

truthfuls to the ultimate level of veracity by blessing them with

the knowledge of verification. Allah says:

Meaning: How excellent these companions are; The Prophets,

The Truthfuls, the Martyrs and the Most Pious. (Al-Nisa-69)

The Holy Prophet says:

Meaning: First find a Companion (Murshid) then set on the

(spiritual) journey.

The disciples of Perfect Faqeer always remain sagacious in

The Divine Presence. But a disciple should not be arrogant on

reaching this level as the way of true Men of Allah is far ahead

of it, which grants them annihilation after annihilation,

immortality after immortality, Divine Union after Union. He

should stay in the company of the Perfect Faqeer with modesty

and Godfearingness. All triumphs are gained through knowledge.

Knowledge (of religion) is exoterically related to prayers and

levels, while esoterically it is related to:

1) The inspired knowledge

2) The knowledge which directly comes from Divinity

3) The knowledge gained through the undoubted Book of

Allah-The Quran, when (its hidden meanings are) revealed.

These three kinds (of esoteric knowledge) can be sought through

the given below naqsh40

. Its practice shows the spectacle of both

the worlds.

In this Naqsh Tasawur-e-Tareeq (Contemplation of

The Divine Way), Tasawur-e-Taufeeq (Contemplation of

40 Impression

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The Divine Favour), Tasawur-e-Tehqeeq (Contemplation

of The Divine Verification) and Tasawur-e-Dariya-e-

Ameeq (Contemplation of The Deepest Ocean of Divinity) are

mentioned.

By the contemplation of The Divine Way a Seeker gains the

capability to cover the devotions of both the worlds in just a

moment through the Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and then the

spectacle of both the worlds ever remains under his sight. By the

contemplation of The Divine Verification he takes himself to

The Divine Presence and Oneness by gaining Closeness of Allah

through Ism-e-Allah Zaat and then ever remains desirable in the

Court of Allah by being blessed with The Divine Compassion.

By the contemplation of the deepest Ocean of Divinity the

Seeker drowns in the Ocean of Divine Oneness through the

Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and then never separates from

Divine Oneness during all the phases of life and death. The Noor

manifests from all the seven parts41

of his outward and inward

being due to Oneness with Allah. He ever remains in The Divine

Company and converses with Allah but people think that he is

41 Seven parts of the outward body are head, chest, belly and four limbs while seven parts

of the inward being are the seven inward senses named Nafsi (The innerself of a person), Qalbi (The heart or inward of a person), Roohi (The soul of a person), Sir’ri (The Divine

Secret), Khafi (The Hidden-The Divine Soul), Yakhfa (The Origin-The Divine Light),

Ana (The Core-The Divine Essence). The inward spiritual journey of a person starts from Nafs and finally reaches Ana.

1- Contemplation of The Divine Way

2- Contemplation of The Divine Favour

3- Contemplation of The Divine Verification

Contemplation of The Deepest Ocean

of Divinity

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talking to them. The person who does not know this way of the

three42

contemplations is not at all aware of the mystic ways of

Tasawur (of Ism-e-Allah Zaat). The knowledge of all the creatures

of every part and whole of the world, the knowledge of The

Divine Essence and Attributes, Divine Disclosures, Inspirations,

Divine Words, Divine Light, Divine Presence and forgiveness is

gained only through this way by repleting the inward keenly

reciting and then reaching the levels of Fana

(annihilation), Baqa (immortality), Deedar (Vision) and Liqa

(Divine Meeting). Only the Scholar of Allah imparts this

knowledge through Ism-e-Allah and reveals (the reality) of

every creature created by The Creator. All The Divine Treasures,

honour of all the worlds and authority over the universe are

gained by having the Closeness of Allah and then remaining in

The Holy Assembly of Prophet as a modest and obedient Seeker

being perfectly sanctified and absorbed in the Vision of The

Exact Divine Essence after annihilating and having immortality

with Him.

The naqsh given below encompasses all the contemplations

and grants The Eternal Divine Observation. It contains all the

knowledges which include the complete information of how to

cover all the spiritual levels to reach The Divine Presence by The

Divine Favour. The knowledge of The Divine Vision takes you

to the level where you become desirable in the Sight of Allah

and keeps you under His Compassion.

Meaning: Find the impression of Mohammad from Ism-e-Allah

by erasing everything other than Allah from your heart.

42 Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo has not mentioned the fourth contemplation i.e. Tasawur-e-

Taufeeq (Contemplation of The Divine Favour) because it is just the blessing of Allah.

The Seeker keeps getting it throughout his journey according to his intentions and struggle.

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This naqsh outwardly blesses with The Divine Favour and

inwardly takes to The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad.

You can verify it (by contemplating this naqsh). The mentioned

naqsh is:

There are four levels of Tasawur of Ism-e-Mohammad

(Sacred Name of Mohammad) which grant four kinds of Divine

Favour. The first level is that whosoever contemplates Ism-e-

Mohammad in heart, his soul becomes alive and his Nafs is

dead. This Tasawur has the authority to take to the level of

annihilation in Ism-e-Mohammad which is the level of The

Perfect Faqeer. Second level is that when the Ism-e-Mohammad

enters the heart, it takes the Seeker in The Holy Assembly of

Prophet Mohammad. He reaches in the Assembly, sees and

recognizes it and finds presence there. Third level is that

whosoever acquires permanent Tasawur of Ism-e-Mohammad,

every part and whole of the universe is exposed upon his sight

and his being is forgiven according to the verse:

Meaning: So that Allah may forgive all your earlier and later

sins. (Al-Fatah-2)

Such a possessor of Tasawur (of Ism-e-Mohammad) should be

a true Man, not a human being having qualities of animals.

Fourth level is that by the Tasawur of Ism-e-Mohammad The

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Divine Presence and its knowledge are gained. By having the

knowledge of Vision, the Seeker reaches the level of Divine

Vision, then there remain no wishes in his heart (as all his

wishes are fulfilled). Through this naqsh The Divine Knowledge

of Presence before Prophet Mohammad is gained on the very

first day as it is the witness to the knowledge of Divine Presence.

Seeking anything except The Divine Presence is a sin. The

Murshid who does not take the Seekers to the level of Divine

Presence step by step and does not let them have persuasion

directly from Prophet Mohammad, he himself is depraved and

his disciples are eventually disgraced.

The naqsh of Fana-Fi-Shaikh43

(annihilation in The Divine

Guide) contains the authority and attention of the Shaikh. The

Shaikh exchanges44

his status with the Seeker whom he blesses

with his kindness. Shaikh is a synonym for The Divine Presence

as he possesses eternal Divine Presence. It is not a bit difficult

for him to grant Divine Presence to his Seekers and disciples

because his inward is repleted (with Divinity). The below

mentioned naqsh of Tasawur of Shaikh grants the contemplation

of the countenance of the Shaikh which blesses with the everlasting

treasures in every spiritual state. The Seeker whose countenance

has transformed into the countenance of the Shaikh45

gains

enlightened insight. The level of Fana-Fi-Shaikh leads to the

station of Fana-Fillah Faqeer which grants the ultimate salvation,

freedom from grieves and consciousness during ecstasy. Shaikh

is like a Zulfiqar46

which kills the obnoxious infidels. He makes

his disciples repent from falsehood and the wrong innovations.

When the Seeker’s countenance becomes one with the

countenance of the Shaikh through the Tasawur of Shaikh, he

43 Shaikh is The Spiritual Leader or The Divine Guide. Synonym for Murshid. 44 In the beginning the Seeker is the lover and the Shaikh is beloved, at the final level the

Seeker becomes the beloved and the Shaikh becomes the lover. 45 When a Seeker reaches the level of Fana-Fi-Shaikh i.e. annihilation in The Divine

Spiritual Guide, his being annihilates in the being of the Shaikh and transforms into his

being. 46 Spiritual Sword-Name of sword of Hazrat Ali given to him by The Holy Prophet

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truly recites meaning: “Say Allah is One.” Then the

countenance of Shaikh takes the Seeker to any level and station

he wants to approach and fulfils his every wish. On reaching the

level of Fana-Fi-Shaikh there remain no grievances in the

Seeker. His belief is corrected and he completely trusts upon the

persuasion of the Shaikh. He loves the Shaikh extremely and

becomes his cave friend47

, taking all his pains and hardships

upon himself. In the matters of trust upon Allah and the

renunciation (of everything other than Allah) his body becomes

one with the body of Shaikh. Their (inward and real) names

become one. The inward of the Seeker becomes one with the

inward of the Shaikh, his heart becomes one with the heart of

Shaikh, his soul becomes one with the soul of Shaikh, his breath

becomes one with the breath of the Shaikh and his every step

becomes the step of the Shaikh.

When, through the contemplation of the countenance of Shaikh,

the countenance of Shaikh envelops the being of the Seeker, it

grants him the presence of The Holy Assembly of Prophet

Mohammad. Only (the contemplation of) this (naqsh) is the

proper way to reach the level of Fana-Fi-Shaikh, otherwise

47 Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique is the “friend of cave” of The Holy Prophet. When he migrated to Madina, he spent three nights in the cave of Hira to hide from the infidels.

Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique accompanied him and served him ardently during the

journey. Likewise every Shaikh has one most sincere disciple who becomes closet to his heart due to his faithfulness.

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worshipping the physical face (of Shaikh) is just idol worshipping

and takes to the level of Fana-Fi-Shaitan (annihilation in Satan).

If the given below naqsh is granted by Faqeer (Murshid Kamil)

its beneficial effects torment the nafs, grant enlightened insight

to the Seeker and prove to be the inward Divine Guide for him.

Gold, silver and soil become equal for him and he gets total

control over his nafs. The initial level of such Faqeer is that he

always talks about the knowledge of the exegesis of Quran and

gains an enlightened insight by the knowledge of jurisprudence

which guides him towards the observation of the above mentioned

levels. The naqsh is:

Whoever gets command over the Tasawur of Ism-e-Faqr ,

it takes him to The Sultan-ul-Faqr48

(who is at the level of)

meaning: “Faqr needs nothing except Allah.”

One who is needy can never be a Faqeer. Beneficence and

Graciousness are the soul of Faqr. Faqr is Compassion, Faqr is

48 Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo has mentioned seven Sultan-ul-Faqr souls in Risala Roohi Sharif. Six of which are: Hazrat Fatima Razi Allah Anha, Hazrat Hassan of Basra,

Ghaus-ul-Azam Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, his son Shaikh Abdul Razzaq, Hazrat Sakhi

Sultan Bahoo and Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali, while the seventh soul has not manifested in this world yet. However, here Sultan-ul-Faqr refers to The Universal

Divine Man (The Insan-e-Kamil) of an era who is The Heir of The Divine Trust of Faqr

and is appointed on The Throne of Divine Guidance and Persuasion as a Murshid Kamil to guide the Seekers on the Path of Faqr. He is Sultan-ul-Faqr because he has complete

authority over Faqr. The Seeker who wants to have Vision and Union of Allah by

adopting the Path of Faqr can reach Murshid Kamil possessing Faqr by the contemplation of this naqsh.

Most Auspicious

Most Auspicious

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Kindness, Faqr is righteousness, Faqr is saintlihood, Faqr is

needlessness, Faqr is annihilation, Faqr is immortality, Faqr is

submission and surrender to fate, Faqr is The Divine Command,

Faqr is accumulation of all (outward and inward) levels, Faqr is

The Divine Beauty and Majesty, Faqr is Knowledge, Faqr is The

Secret of all secrets, Faqr is The Light of Divine Presence, Faqr

grants the whole intelligence and wisdom, Faqr is The Beloved

of Allah, Faqr is The Master of the universe and King of the

Solomon empire, Faqr is the Treasure of authority over the

alchemy, Faqr is life and death, Faqr contains the entire

knowledge and levels, Faqr is to burn ones nafs, breath, inward,

soul and heart in the love (of Allah). All these levels are revealed

and gained by the Tasawur of Ism-e-Faqr. Faqr ( ) has three

letters (according to Arabic alphabets) i.e. (F), (Q) and

(R). Its letter (F) stands for Fana (annihilation) of Nafs, letter

(Q) stands for Qehr (torment) upon the Nafs, letter (R)

stands for Raza (Submission) to Allah’s Will. Letter (F) also

stands for Fakhr (pride), (Q) for Qurb (Divine Closeness) and

(R) for Raz (The Divine Secret). These levels of Faqr of

Prophet Mohammad are gained through The Divine Love. There

is (another kind of Faqr which is) the disgracing Faqr for which

(F) means Fazeehat (Disgrace), (Q) means Qehr (Wrath) of

Allah and (R) means Rejection by Allah.

Meaning: “I seek refuge from the Faqr which brings disgrace.” (Hadith)

Section II-Explanation about the signs of The Perfect

Spiritual Guide and Accomplished Murshid

You must have the knowledge of (Allah addresses the

true believers by saying meaning: O’ Momins!) that

the true Momins are only those who seek The Divinity following

the ways of The Holy Prophet completely. Allah says:

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Meaning: (O’ beloved!) Say to them, If you love Allah, follow

me. Allah will then take you as (His) beloved. (Al-e-Imran-31)

Anyone who does not follow The Holy Prophet completely

and declares himself a spiritual guide or leader just because he is

the son of a Shaikh, he is depraved as well as the depraver. Just

as Shaikh Junaid and Shaikh Shibli say:

Meaning: If you see a Sufi49

who has not books of exegesis of

The Quran in front, book of Hadith on his right and books of

jurisprudence on his left then get to know that he is a Satan and

whatever manifests from him is deceit and fraud.

That is to say, if you see or hear any of his acts or words

against Shariah50

and Faqr of Mohammad then consider that so

called Sufi as Satan and keep away from him completely because

an ignorant can never be a guide or leader. As Allah says:

Meaning: And turn away from the ignorants. (Al-A’raf-199)

Meaning: I seek refuge of Allah from being amongst the

ignorant. (Al-Baqarah-67)

Someone has beautifully said:

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Meaning: Whoever keeps the company of ignorant and mean

people is worse than dogs, it is like trying to clean oneself with

urine.

It is written in The Holy Quran:

Meaning: (I seek refuge with The Lord) From the evil of slinking

whisperer (Satan) who is hidden, who whispers into the hearts of

the humans. Whether he is from jinns or humans. (An-Nas, 2-4)

In “Tafseer-e-Muneer” it is written in the exegesis of this

verse that there are two kinds of Satans, jin Satans who are

known and the human Satans who are actually the ignorant

Shaikhs. Evilness of Jin Satan is hidden while that of ignorant

Shaikh is obvious. Hence, first of All, confirm that the deeds and

words of the Perfect Guide are in accordance with the Shariah.

Then, he must have four kinds of knowledge (which are given

below). After fulfilling these terms there are four other

conditions for him. If he fulfills those conditions then you can

take him as your spiritual guide otherwise do not entrust yourself

to anyone to save yourself from depravity.

Firstly, he should have complete knowledge of exegesis of the

Quran and Hadith i.e. he should know what is annulled and what

is not, which orders of Quran are must to be practised and which

are not. He should have the power to differentiate the importance

of one order of the Quran from the other, because, though it is

essential to believe in the whole Book of Allah but it is not

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obligatory to act upon every word of it.51

When you will become

steadfast in the mystic way then you will have to face the evil

ways of the Nafs and Satan and the deceitful inspirations of the

Nafs-e-Mulhima, just like different fake colours suddenly appear

in the droplets of rain or mirage is made by the dust particles

during the hot afternoon of summer. Hence, you will have to

face ten thousand illusions of Nafs and Satan like these.

Sometimes you will have the illusions of wonderful gardens,

beautiful and young women, houries and castles, Divine

Empyrean and The Throne. If, while having these illusions any

unlawful act is committed (intrinsically) by you due to your

negligence (towards the reality), the illusion of Satanic empyrean

and throne will get hold upon you.

Thus, the true Murshid Kamil is the one who lets the Seeker

cross the following four levels of the mystic way safely and

takes him to The Divine Reality. The four deceitful levels in the

mystic way which are related to self conceit and hypocrisy are

given below;

1. The first (trapping) thing which occurs to a mystic is that he

gains the power of unveiling and miracles. He becomes

haughty and self conceited upon this power due to his Nafs.

He gets temporary happiness but remains away from the

Closeness and Union of Allah. Though it is a virtuous act

according to the creature but for The Creator it is a great

veil.

2. The second thing which occurs to a mystic (that ceases his

journey towards Allah) is that the humans and jins are

inclined towards him, the world and worldly people come

under his control and starts following him. For the creature,

he is the problem solver but for The Creator, he is imperfect

and a man of lust and greed.

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3. The third thing which happens to a mystic is that he

conquers the wild animals and birds. People think he is

having the spiritual flight but for Allah he is trapped in the

levels which are far away from Allah.

4. Fourth (deceitful) level which comes in the way of a mystic

is that he gains the power to visit and observe the stations

and levels of Nasut (the physical world), Jabrut (the

Connecting world or the spiritual world of All Powerful),

Malakut (the world of non-physical or symbolic forms). For

people he becomes the Ghaus (the Greatest Saint) and Qutb

(the pivot of all Saints). Though, he gets the power to cover

seventy thousand stations from above The Throne till deep

down the earth and reaches the final station of mysticism but

is deprived of The Divine Knowledge and The Reality.

Although he declares himself an Arif having The Divine

Presence due to his over powering states of ecstasy and

rapture but infact he is far away from actually experiencing

any spiritual state.

According to Shariah Meaning: “True

belief lies between the fear and hope.” So, it is clear that all the

Ghaus, Qutb, Autad and Abdals52

can be trapped by major or

minor stations53

. The minor stations are witnessing the seven

layers of the earth while the major stations are witnessing the

nine layers of skies and The Divine Throne, The Chair, The

Tablet and The Pen. For a Faqeer Arif Billah, witnessing and

staying at the minor stations is a minor sin while witnessing the

major stations and having the spiritual flight of the nine skies is a

major sin. He seeks nothing except The Divine Presence and

Presence of The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad. Being

drowned in The Divine Oneness and The Divine Knowledge of

52 Autad and Abdals are spiritual ranks of special mystics. 53 That is, every mystic should always have the fear that he might be trapped by anything

other than Allah that could stop his spiritual journey, and should also hope to get more and more of Allah’s Closeness by coming out of these traps.

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54, he never ever puts his glance upon anything except the

Presence of The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad and The

Divine Knowledge of .

Meaning: Real eye is the one which beholds the exact Divine

Light and The Holy Assembly of the Prophet.

Whatever this Faqeer (Bahoo) says, says by calculations after

having The Divine Knowledge of Oneness and the Presence of

The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad, not out of jealousy.

Praises for the one who is a man of spiritual insight and remains

present spiritually in The Divine Court day and night while being

ever drowned in The Noor and whose inward (The Divine Soul)

has completely overcome his outward but he lives among

common people like them. For the imperfect Murshid, it is very

difficult to give life to someone’s soul but for the Perfect one it

can be done just in a blink of an eye. In both the states (inward

and outward) the Perfect Knowers of Allah stick to these words:

“Only Allah, everything other than Allah is merely lust.” From

Adam to The Holy Prophet and from The Holy Prophet to the

people who will come till the doomsday, if any person runs

faster than the wind or lightening, even then he can never reach

the doorstep of The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad or

(even the primary level of) The Divine Knowledge as this is a

very long way. However, by the benedictions of Ism-e-Allah

Zaat a true Seeker of Allah can not only reach the destination in

just a moment but also gets the secrets of this way. The

possessor of Tasawur of Ism-e-Allah has nothing to do with the

struggle to get ranks and levels because he has already reached

54 There is no one but Allah.

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the extreme nearness of The Divine Essence through the Ism-e-

Allah Zaat.

“Only Allah, everything other than Allah is lust.”

There is a group of people who can attract other people with

the power of their sight and conquer over them through their

attention and invocation of breath. Such people are killers like a

snake and are far away from The Divine Knowledge. There is

another group of people who imagine to take their hearts into

their stomachs through meditation and heart invocation. They

call it the practice of Habs (holding the breath). They are just the

wrongdoers and this practice is useless. The Seeker in whose

inward the Zikr (of ) continues due to the Presence of The

Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad, does not need to search

and follow such people who do practice of holding the breath.

Another group of people, who call themselves the invokers of

heart, do the practice of holding the breath and then letting it out

of the nose. It is much better that you never see such wrong

practitioners of religion. Holding the breath is a practice of

infidels and Hindus who wear cross thread. You should abstain

from such people thousand times. The true meaning of “Habs” in

Islam is to hold oneself from the major and minor sins as well as

infidelity and wrong innovations. It also means to keep oneself

inside the circle of Islam and true faith. That is to say, being a

true Momin and Muslim is much difficult, as said by The Holy

Prophet:

Meaning: True Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands

the other Muslims are safe.

“Habs” certainly does not mean that a person holds his breath

but keep on doing the deeds which are against the Quranic

injunctions and Hadith. Holding the breath is the practice of

infidels and the like, and is just useless. If the practitioners of

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Habs claim that they can get control over their Nafs, rather can

imprison it through this practice then they are absolutely wrong.

If they say that they have adopted this practice according to the

order given in the following verse:

Meaning: And he entered the heaven who is cruel towards his

Nafs. (Al-Kahf-35)

Then, again they are saying wrong and are doing against the

order given in the verse. The actual meaning of being cruel upon

the Nafs is to kill the four birds i.e. cock of lust, peacock of

apparent adornment, crow of greed and pigeon of worldly

desires. When these four birds are killed, the Nafs gets rid of

Satan. Then, the Nafs becomes weak and comes under the

control of its possessor. Being imprisoned, it ultimately dies. The

death of Nafs is the life of Soul. Such a person gets control over

the four basic elements (earth, water, air and fire) according to

the following verse:

Meaning: And when Abraham said: “My Lord, show me how

you bring the dead to life.” Allah said, “Do you not have faith?”

He submitted, “Why not! (I do believe) but (I wish) my heart is

blessed with gratifying calm.” Allah ordained, “Well, take four

birds and tame them to feel attached to you (slaughter them and)

place a piece of each of them on each hill, then call them. They

will come to you quickly. And know that surely Allah is All

Mighty, All Wise. (Al-Baqarah-260)

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Meaning: O dear! Leave the useless practice of holding the

breath. Drown in the Oneness of Allah and become His Knower.

One must get Marifat of three kinds of knowledges i.e.

knowledge of Shariah, knowledge of Tareeqat (Mysticism) and

the knowledge of Haqeeqat (The Reality). The Shariah is the

knowledge of Nasut (the material world) and related to the

outward aspects of life of a person, Tareeqat is the knowledge of

Malakut (the spiritual world) and is related to the inward of a

person, while Haqeeqat is the knowledge of LaHoot (The Divine

World) and is related to Rehman (The Most Compassionate). The

knowledge of Nasut is limited to this world and the knowledge

of Malakut is limited to the other world. The knowledge of

Jabrut means having the closeness of The Holy Prophet which is

neither related to this world nor to that world, however it can be

identified, while the knowledge of LaHoot is The Divine

Knowledge of Union with Allah and is unidentifiable. To gain

perseverance55

upon the Marifat of knowledge of Nasut is the

way of religious scholars. To gain perseverance upon the Marifat

of knowledge of Malakut is the way of pious ones. To gain

perseverance upon the knowledge of Jabrut is the way of the

Knowers. While, to gain perseverance upon The Divine Reality

of LaHoot is the way of the Lovers. Those who remain stuck to

the Marifat of Malakut are men of low spirit and less courage.

Although they sincerely say (there is no one to be

worshipped except Allah) but while saying so they are deprived

of The Vision of Allah. The Holy Prophet said:

55 i.e. they stick to this knowledge and conform their deeds according to it.

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Meaning: I have The Vision of My Holy Lord in the Best Form,

within my heart with the eyes of My Lord.

This level can be reached at by the fire56

of and

only those who reach here can attain the level of

meaning: “Only these are the true Momins”.

O’ dear! means to negate and renounce everything except

Allah which is like an idol and is the affirmation of Allah

only, which grants The Divine Knowledge and takes to The

Divine Reality.

56 is fire because if one admits it truly with verification of heart and conforms

his life according to it i.e. he worships, loves, trusts, fears none but Allah and his whole

being is drowned in extreme love of Allah then this fire of Divine Love burns everything

except Allah. Then the Lover is blessed with the Closeness and Vision of Allah within his heart.

GLOSSARY

A

Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamat The section of Muslims who follow the Sunnahs

of The Holy Prophet completely. All the four

schools of thought are included in this section i.e.

Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii and Hanbali

Alif- Alif- is the first letter of Arabic alphabets and it

refers to Ism-e-Allah

Arif The Knower of Allah

Arif Billah Knower of Allah who has become One with Him

Arifeen Plural of Arif

Ashiq Divine Lover

Auliya Plural of Wali-Perfect Friends of Allah, Saints

Autad and Abdal Spiritual ranks of special mystics

B

Baqa Billah Immortal with Allah

F

Fana-Fi-Hoo Annihilated in Hoo

Fana-Fillah Annihilated in Allah

Fana-Fi-Shaikh Annihilation in Murshid

Faqeer One who walks the Path of Faqr and reaches

closest to Allah by renouncing everything other

than Allah.

Faqeer-e-Kamil The accomplished Saint who has become One

with Allah

Faqr The Divine way to have Vision and Closeness of

Allah

Fuqara Plural of Faqeer

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Ghaus The Saint of highest level

H

Habs Practice of holding the breath

Hadith Saying of The Holy Prophet

Haqeeqat The Reality

I

Ilm-e-Dawat The knowledge of communicating with the souls

of shrines

Ism Name

Ism-e-Allah Zaat The Personal Name of Allah which represents

The Divine Essence.

Ism-e-Azam The Greatest Divine Word by saying which, with

pure and perfect heart, all the problems are

solved and wishes are fulfilled. Mystics say that

Ism-e-Azam is Ism-e-Allah Zaat because no

word is greater or more powerful than .

Ism-e-Faqr The Sacred Name of Faqr

Ism-e-Mohammad The Sacred Name of Mohammad

J

Jabrut The connecting world or the world of All

Powerful

Jamiat Accumulation of all spiritual levels in the inward

of a Seeker through which he had passed during

his spiritual journey, then he gets ultimate

contentment of heart.

K

Kalma Tayyaba The Holy creed

meaning: There is no one to be worshipped but

Allah and Mohammad is His Messenger.

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Kamil Perfect, accomplished

Kun FaYakun Allah gives the order of Kun (Be) and it is

FaYakun (Done)

M

Majlis-e-Mohammadi The Holy Assembly of Prophet Mohammad

Malakut The world of non-physical or symbolic forms

Marifat The Divine Knowledge

Mashooq The Divine Beloved

Meraj Ascension to Allah

Momin True believers

Murshid The Divine Spiritual Guide

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Nafs Inner baser self

Nafs-e-Ammarah The ill commanding self

Nafs-e-Lawama The repenting self

Nafs-e-Mulhima The inspiring self

Nafs-e-Mutmaina The satisfied self

Naqsh Impression

Nasut The material world of physical bodies

Noor Light of Allah

Q

Qutb The pivot of all Saints

R

Rehman Attributive Name of Allah-The Most

Compassionate

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Salat Prayer which is obligatory upon Muslims to be

performed five times a day in a particular

manner.

Shaikh The Divine Guide, synonym for Murshid

Shariah Islamic Law

Sufi Mystic

Sunnah Inward and outward ways of The Holy Prophet

T

Tareeqat Mystic way to Allah, Mysticism

Tasawur Contemplation

Tauheed Divine Oneness

U

Ummah Nation of a Prophet

Z

Zaat The Divine Essence

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